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Samsung Electronics said five of its Galaxy-branded smartphones and tablets that come with its enterprise security software recently received approval from the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency, allowing them to be listed as an option for officials.

Knox allows users to have a virtual “container” within their smartphone that come with customized contents and apps for enterprise clients. Samsung claims that documents and files stored within the container are more secure from breach, while users can freely switch back and forth from mobile applications used for work and personal use. Read More »

Samsung Electronics is working to use biometric sensors in its mobile security system which the company expects to be available even for low-end smartphone models, an executive said Monday.

“We’re looking at various types of biometric [mechanisms] and one of things that everybody is looking at is iris detection,” Samsung’s senior vice president Rhee In-jong told analysts and investors at a forum in Hong Kong. Read More »

Samsung Electronics said a security gap in its Galaxy smartphone identified by an Israeli cybersecurity lab is not specific to the company’s devices.

Rather, Samsung said, the vulnerability is more broadly linked to Google’s Android operating system. In a statement on the company’s website Thursday, Samsung said that “legitimate Android functions” could be used “in an unintended way” to intercept unencrypted application data.

“This research did not identify a flaw or bug in Samsung Knox or Android,” it said. Read More »